Lead Architect Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Lead Architect
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The median Lead Architect daily rate in Oxford is £690, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 1.22% - 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% - 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £685 - £813
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £690 - £825
75th Percentile £695 - £838
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £670 - £825

All Contract IT Job Roles
Oxford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxford. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Oxford with a recognized job title 73 49 93
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.02% 92.45% 83.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 18 63
10th Percentile £320 £201 £172
25th Percentile £400 £356 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £569 £525
90th Percentile £635 £688 £594
Oxfordshire median daily rate £480 £388 £425
% change year-on-year +23.87% -8.82% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 17
10th Percentile - £22.57 £12.18
25th Percentile £19.34 £25.15 £13.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £46.30 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.65% +189.38% -11.50%
75th Percentile £48.75 - £30.50
90th Percentile £66.00 - £65.00
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £21.90 £27.76 £19.50
% change year-on-year -21.11% +42.36% -25.00%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

Lead Architect job vacancy trend in Oxford

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Architect job vacancies in Oxford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Architect job vacancies in Oxford

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, Lead Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Oxford region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt